Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-8043 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-8043 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-8043?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.6, published 12 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Ivanti Xtraction before 2026.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-8043?
- A patch was published on 2026-05-12: Fixed in version 2026.2 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-8043 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-8043?
- Check whether you run Ivanti Xtraction at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path) vulnerability exists in Ivanti Xtraction versions prior to 2026.2. A remote authenticated attacker with low privileges can provide specially crafted input to manipulate file paths. This allows the attacker to perform unauthorized file reads of sensitive system information and write arbitrary HTML files into web-accessible directories. Such capabilities can be leveraged for information disclosure or to facilitate client-side attacks like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The vulnerability is addressed in version 2026.2.
Affected products
- Ivanti Xtraction before 2026.2
Timeline
- 2026-05-12: disclosed
- 2026-05-12: advisory
- 2026-05-12: patched: Fixed in version 2026.2